Single User Detection User Equipment

1. A code division multiple access user equipment for use in receiving a plurality of data signals received over a shared spectrum, each received data signal experiencing a similar channel response, the user equipment comprising: means for receiving a combined signal of the received data signals over the shared spectrum; means for sampling the combined signal at a multiple of a chip rate of the combined signal; means for estimating a channel response for the combined signal at the multiple of the chip rate; means for determining a column of a channel correlation matrix using the estimated channel response; means for determining a spread data vector using the determined column, the estimated channel response, the received combined signal and a fourier transform; and means for estimating data of the data signals using the spread data vector.

2. The user equipment of claim 1 wherein the determined column is a first column of the channel correlation matrix.

3. The user equipment of claim 1 wherein a length of an impulse response of the combined signal is W and the determined column is at least W−1 columns from edges of the channel correlation matrix.

4. The user equipment of claim 1 wherein the determining the spread data vector uses a fourier transform of a hermetian of a channel response matrix multiplied by the received combined signal.

5. The user equipment of claim 1 wherein the determining the spread data vector uses a fourier transform of the determined column.

6. The user equipment of claim 5 wherein the determined column fourier transform is multiplied by a number of spread chips transmitted in the data signals.

7. The user equipment of claim 1 wherein the fourier transform is a fast fourier transform.

8. The user equipment of claim 1 wherein the spread data vector determining further uses an inverse fast fourier transform.

9. A code division multiple access user equipment for use in receiving a plurality of data signals received over a shared spectrum, each received data signal experiencing a similar channel response, the user equipment comprising: an antenna for receiving a combined signal of the received data signals over the shared spectrum; a sampling device for sampling the combined signal at a multiple of a chip rate of the received data signals; a channel estimation device for estimating a channel response for the combined signal at the multiple of the chip rate; and a single user detection device for determining a column of a channel correlation matrix using the estimated channel response, and for determining a spread data vector using the determined column, the estimated channel response, the received combined signal and a fourier transform; and wherein data of the data signals is estimated from the spread data vector.

10. The user equipment of claim 9 wherein the determined column is a first column of the channel correlation matrix.

11. The user equipment of claim 9 wherein a length of an impulse response of the combined signal is W and the determined column is at least W−1 columns from edges of the channel correlation matrix.

12. The user equipment of claim 9 wherein the determining the spread data vector uses a fourier transform of a hermetian of a channel response matrix multiplied by the received combined signal.

13. The user equipment of claim 9 wherein the determining the spread data vector uses a fourier transform of the determined column.

14. The user equipment of claim 13 wherein the determined column fourier transform is multiplied by a number of spread chips transmitted in the data signals.

15. The user equipment of claim 9 wherein the fourier transform is a fast fourier transform.

16. The user equipment of claim 9 wherein the spread data vector determining further uses an inverse fast fourier transform.